Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Our home IS our Castle!

Of Royal Birth

The kids enjoyed a peasants lunch of pocket sandwiches, so called because the workers kept them in a pocket then took them out to eat at meal time. They also enjoyed cool cider from a jug. As they sat beneath the shade of a tree we talked about names and how they were derived. Porters were the ale makers for the king, Millers ground the flour, John's son became Johnson. Although we ate a peasants lunch we were actually of Royal birth!

Years ago while going through my Grandmothers geneology I found a sheet of paper with a partial lineage back to Charlamagne. After a little digging around I was able to fill in the blanks and make a complete 17 page report for each child tracing them back to Charlamagne, Charles the Great.

It was fun to thumb back through time and see all the Kings and Queens in our family tree.

The report was made on a program at Heritage Maker

Princess and the Pea

Since we now know we are Royal we should expect to have super

sensitive skin like the title character in "The Princess & the pea".

Pillows are lined up in a row and the "royals" sit on each and try to detect where the pea is.

Everyone who found the pea was crowned with a priceless golden crown!

Let the punishment fit the crime

Kamryn

AKA

Lady Laughsalot

Arrested for jousting unbecoming a lady

Rex

AKA

Sir Bubble of Bath

Arrested for a very good impersonation of King John

Pace

AKA

Sir Frank of Furter

Arrested for dirty mouth (and cheeks!)

Merrill

AKA

Sir Canta of Lope

Arrested for pilfering cookies

Let the feast begin

King John makes an appearance

Everyone ate off of trenchers, an unleavened bread that served as plates.

They dined on a variety of meats, cheeses, breads, fruits and juices.

The social elite are sometimes refered to as the "Upper crust". In medieval times those of high social standing were served the "upper crust" or top slice of the bread that sometimes had a flower or decoration painted on it. Korbi show where she stands in society, having been served the "upper crust" of the bread.

Our trashy castle - made from all sorts of trash.

Papa arrived home just in time to be knighted and to join in the festivities.

The Royal Ball

I told the kids a story about knights and castles and how the knights were invited to the dances held there. I mentioned that the knights were on their very best behavior and asked the ladies to dance, hoping to woo them and eventually marrying into the royal family. This worked very well, the little boys tried very hard to impress the girls and win their favor!

The festivities were overseen by the Royal Family.

Someone's bound to get hurt when knights insist on swing dancing in their shiny armor!

Ok so this is one of the cutest ideas I have seen in a LONG time! What lucky grand kids! Thank for participating in the weekend show off party, your blog was chosen to my blog of the week for this coming week! If you are interested email me!

Carleeladybirdln10(at)gmail.com

I also showed you off today!http://www.ladybirdln.com/2012/04/weekend-show-offs.html

How CUTE is that?! I love it!!!! Thanks so much for sharing at my party!!!! Looks like a wonderful theme, and very well done... I may have to use the theme for a party for my little one, soon! To cute not to use!!!

Wonderful! It was great that you were able to link your family to royalty and then have so much fun with it! Love the costumes and the games. Have to say Sir Canta Lope did not look at all remorseful while in the stocks! But he made up for it in the last photo ---. Thanks so much for linking on Busy Monday at A Pinch of Joy -- I had grandmas email me last week that they LOVED your ideas. Can't wait to see more!

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